Woe Is I

The highlight of my day is probably going to be watching the latest episode of TVD and/or possibly going to the library to pick up a book, which leaves me a lot of time to lie on the couch bemoaning my fate and hitting the refresh on my email account.

So talk to me flist. Ask me questions, order me to beta, query my about pairings, link me to things, you know the drill.

Oh My God A fannish5 From This Week! On The Friday In Question To Boot!

 Are you all super-excited? (audience yawns)*

Name the five most loving fictional moms.

5.) Katara. Yes, she's not an official mom, yet, but she basically raised her brother, guided the avatar, and helped birth a baby in a dirt hut. I think she qualifies.

4.) Trisha Elric (I was tempted to put Izumi, but while I think Trisha was probably a much more affectionate mother).

3.) Inara. I know a pregnancy would most likely be a career ender for her and she likely has about six different methods of prevention going, but I think she would be very loving with a child.

2.) Paige Winterbourne. Ah, Paige. My favorite Women of the Otherworld. Geek, witch, and she took in a black witch's child because that was what her mother would have done and didn't back off from that choice even when it cost her the coven she'd been raised to lead. She also makes sure her foster-daughter has a snack ready for her every day when she gets home from school.

1.) Lorelai Gilmore. 'Nuff said.

*I'm sick and have  no appetite, you're just going to have expect a little weirdness from me right now.

Remix!

 All info about the Remix Redux is here. Saiyuki AND Naruto are both eligible fandoms this year, so if you are up for a fic challenge and one of those fandoms works for you, I would strongly encourage you to play, and keep those fandoms valid.

Sadly, due to timing, I am once again ineligible for Remix.

A Night Of Culture

So I finally saw The Shawshank Redemption, which was very well-directed, very well acted, and very long. It also had a great sense of a puzzle coming together. The only think I could have done without were the Morgan Freeman voice overs, although I know some of them were mandated in order for the plot to make sense.